Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker has joined Disguised Disguised Inactive steel Joshua Nissan Genghsta Amgalan Nemekhbayar clear Joseph Allen Exalt Drake Branly nerve Michael Yerrow yay Jaccob Whiteaker , following his departure from Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang .
yay is known for his time on OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive , a world contender throughout the course of 2022. Under his tenure, OpTic were a force to be reckoned with as they finished first in Masters 1: Reykjavik, top four in Masters 2: Copenhagen, and second in Champions. OpTic's spear for success was yay, as he was regarded as a world-class duelist – notably on Chamber then.
After Champions, the renowned OpTic squad went their separate ways, with yay to Cloud9, where he made his debut with a second-place finish at the Red Bull Home Ground tournament. Cloud9 then competed at LOCK//IN, where they defeated Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov but subsequently lost to DRX DRX Korea Unranked Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) . Following the event, C9 unexpectedly parted ways with yay and IGL Anthony "vanity" Malaspina.
Disguised made their mark after qualifying for VCL North America: Split 1. After going 2-3 in the group stage, DSG's run in the playoffs was short-lived, as they finished in the top eight, losing to M80 M80 Inactive and TSM TSM North America Unranked seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook .
yay will return to competition in Split 2 of VCL: North America.
With the signing of yay, Disguised Disguised Inactive steel Joshua Nissan Genghsta Amgalan Nemekhbayar clear Joseph Allen Exalt Drake Branly nerve Michael Yerrow yay Jaccob Whiteaker are now: